Chapter Eighty-Four: The Story of the Courtyard Place
Without hesitation, Li Xiangru threw the purple fire that had been transformed towards the little ghost, and the purple fire instantly caught fire on the little ghost's brocade and jade robe, and there was a tendency to spread.
This is not a real child, although he has a cute child's face, and when he cries, it is distressing, but he Li Xiangru is not a woman who loves children, no matter how wronged and pitiful this little ghost is, the sympathy in his heart still can't be raised.
The little ghost was startled and dodged in a panic, but he didn't dare to shoot it with his hands. Once the purple fire touches the body, it can no longer be extinguished except for the fire-giver, and it will slowly burn the imp into ashes.
"Li Xiangru, you bastard! Fuck your uncle's bastard! Look at your stumbling appearance, you don't look as good as the sloppy leper old Lu squatting at the corner of Peach Blossom Lane! Ouch...... Grandpa's clothes he just bought...... Good silk ......" the little ghost scolded angrily, leaning against the wall, hurriedly tearing off his clothes, maybe because of panic, maybe because of the cumbersome and complicated dressing, and when the fire was about to burn to his chest, the little ghost took off his clothes, and when he was about to open his mouth to continue scolding, he saw Li Xiangru's fingers stretched out between his lips and made a silent preparation for him, Li Xiangru even lost patience in his eyes.
For a little ghost who has been in the house longer than Li Xiangru, although he doesn't dare to appear openly, it is not strange to know the name Li Xiangru from the conversation between the people who came into the room and Li Xiangru.
Li Xiangru quietly watched the robe on the ground burn to ashes, looked up again expressionlessly at the little ghost who was shrinking in the corner of the wall and looked helpless and unable to escape, and said casually: "If you talk nonsense again, this fire will start to burn from your hair." ”
After speaking, a cluster of purple fire appeared from the tip of his middle finger. He reminded: "You have been in my house for a while, and you have not given me any money for the house, but now you still want to harm me?
Li Xiangru looked at the little ghost who was still cowering in the corner of the wall trembling because of fear, and reminded coldly: "The little ghost in the alley of the alley who can't practice at home is still ashamed to say that he is a night wanderer. If you don't tell the truth, you'll be wiped out!"
The little ghost was very aggrieved in his heart, he was already planning to surrender, but he was still tormented by Li Xiangru's purple fire. If he hadn't taken off his clothes quickly, he might have burned his own ghost. What's more, what about the room fee, if you want to live, he has been living here since the house was built, but he has been in a state of sleep and cultivation most of the time! He felt that this hateful and hateful bastard in front of him must have watched him being burned to ashes with cold eyes.
The night wandering god comes from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: Overseas Southern Classic": "There are two eight gods and men, with arms, for the emperor to be in this wilderness at night." The "Twenty-Eight" God, that is, the "Night Wandering God", Guo Pu's note said: "See (now) in the day and night." Yang Shen added: "There may be any way to travel at night, and it is not strange that the natives call it a night wandering god." ”
The Night Wanderer God is described by the folk as the "Night Wandering God" is a fair and kind god, who often reports the grievances of the people to the Emperor of Heaven during his night patrols, so that justice can be upheld and the wicked can be punished. It can be said that this is a real earth yin god who can rank in the god position. But this little ghost, hanging on the beam, saw the weak physique, turned into a deceitful appearance, and wanted to devour it. If he is a god, then I am afraid that this world will become more chaotic because of this.
Li Xiangru tilted his head and said slowly: "I once turned over a miscellaneous book, according to the book, there is a kind of evil ghost called Xisangdi, who often transforms into a child, uses his innocent appearance to please people, leads people home, and then is led to a tight life, and dies ......."
As soon as Li Xiangru finished speaking, the little ghost jumped and ran over, forgetting his fear, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, no! Although your magic power is stronger than mine, you can't slander me and wronged me like this! I am not the ghost of the brook! He has already been taken in by a wandering Taoist priest more than 300 years ago! At that time, I was hiding in a bean, and the old Taoist was very tight, and he cleaned up a lot of ghosts together. ”
Seeing Li Xiangru's puzzled face, the little ghost seemed to ask why he saw the Taoist priest, and the Taoist priest also let him go? Then he opened his mouth and explained: "At that time, I was just a lonely ghost for more than a hundred years, feeding on human resentment, greed, and evil thoughts. ”
The little ghost looked at Li Xiangru with blank eyes, trying to find a little bit of trust from Li Xiangru's expression, and hoped that Li Xiangru could perceive the sincerity in the little ghost's language. He had to be sincere, if it weren't for Li Xiangru's strong negative emotions spreading, he would still choose to shrink aside, he has never been very sure that he can devour the things on Li Xiangru's body, and he was even worried that he would be killed by Li Xiangru for a while. Li Xiangru was already in a bad mood, and now I am even more afraid that I can't tolerate the slightest lie and deception from him.
"So, you're still a kind ghost? But once I went crazy in practice, why did you want to make a move on me? If it wasn't for my big dark horse to wake me up, wouldn't you have already done it?" Li Xiangru said coldly.
The little ghost shook his head into a rattle, and explained loudly and anxiously: "No, no! No, I didn't dare to do anything at that time! Since you came, I hardly dared to come out at night, and I was able to come out after you fell asleep, especially after the big black horse got drunk, and I felt that its physical strength also had a supreme strength, and I didn't dare to approach it at all, how could I dare to approach you? I never really thought about hurting anyone, let alone you! You are a scholar, but you don't have such an arrogant and unreasonable way! ”
Although the voice was small, Li Xiangru heard it in his ears and chuckled: "So, I still wronged you?"
The little ghost nodded vigorously, with a hint of grievance in his eyes.
Li Xiangru slapped it over, and the little ghost who slapped it was unstable and almost fell, he just wanted to scold with his waist inserted, but he met Li Xiangru's smiling eyes, and quickly covered his mouth, not daring to make a sound.
Li Xiangru was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and said: "What to ask, what to answer, one more word, even the little clothes left on your body are burned, and you are hung at the gate of the compound for people to come to see what the legendary ghost looks like." ”
The little ghost trembled, bit his mouth, his eyes spewed anger, his fists clenched, and he slowly lowered his head again, silent.
This is a very useless ghost, this is a very aggrieved ghost. After 500 years of cultivation in Ping'an Town, he still couldn't resist the coercion of the person in front of him after 500 years of cultivation, but this guy was not a human being at all! Zihuo could come out, and there was a strong and gloomy evil aura in his body! He really wanted to slap himself a few mouths again! Because of this desire.
Lee Sang-ru stood up and pushed open the window again.
The little ghost looked at his back with a complicated expression, and thought about how sure he would be if he jumped out of the window and escaped.
Li Xiangru held on to the windowsill, and at some point it began to rain outside again, and it was probably the sound of rain that covered the noise in the house.
"The previous owner of this house was scared away by you?" asked Li Xiangru.
Scared away, these three words were as pleasant as wind chimes in the eyes of the little ghost, at least some of what he said was still listened to by Li Xiangru, at least in Li Xiangru's perception, he was not a ghost. Thinking about it this way, he would have a better chance of surviving.
The little ghost couldn't help but feel a little relieved when he thought about it, and slowly dissipated his fear, and replied: "I just saw that there was a little girl in his family who looked extremely cute, and I wanted to be friends with her. Secretly chatted and talked to her and played for a while. Later, the little girl told her about it, and she said that she wanted to introduce me to her father, and her father naturally didn't believe it, but the little girl insisted too much. Her father and mother were in a hurry, thinking that their daughter had fallen into some kind of demon, and invited a fake Taoist priest who mixed up eating and cheating, and the stinky fake Taoist priest actually I knew, but he was just a down-and-out scholar, powerless but lazy in temperament, and after reading a few words, he played a little clever and began to pretend to be a Taoist priest and partner with others to cheat and cheat and drink......"
The more the imp talked, the more proud he became.
Li Xiangru interrupted: "It is said that the owner of the previous land was also an official lander?"
The little ghost scoffed at this, and ruthlessly exposed: "Huh? How do you know? In fact, he is indeed a small official the size of a sesame seed, who was previously employed in other places, and was dismissed from his official position after committing some crimes. However, when he was an official, he was greedy for a lot of silver taels, and under the entanglement of those enemies, he had to spend some silver to live here, and after establishing a relationship with a helmsman of the Tsing Yi Gang, he lived here with peace of mind. I lie on my stomach in the beam of his house every day, and I even know what he has done sneakily in the study, but I don't bother to pay attention to it, but ...... I know he has a private place for silver, do you want to know?"
"Hmm...... Go on. Li Xiangru lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
When the little ghost heard this, he continued to foam at the mouth and said: "Speaking of that fake Taoist priest, he pretended to draw paper and burn talismans there, but in fact, he even recited many mantras wrongly. When I went up to the little girl, he didn't notice me, so I said to the little girl to play tricks on him. Outcome...... Ha ha...... Haha......"
The little ghost didn't finish speaking, remembering the scene at that time, he laughed to himself, and only after being glared at by Li Xiangru did he restrain himself a little, and forcibly held back and continued: "I used that fire to make his wooden sword burn directly, and I also let the floating runes stick directly to his beard, and the result was ...... Ha ha...... He...... Ha ha... Forehead...... He had been accumulating for months, and I burned a few of his beards, and fled in disarray...... Ha ha...... Later......"
Li Xiangru turned around and waved his hand to interrupt the boasting immersed in laughter, and asked, "What kind of official was the master before, and how long has he been here?"
Although "Eh......" was interrupted and boasted, feeling a little unhappy in his heart, he could only endure Li Xiangru's impolite behavior, and replied in a nonchalant tone: "It's just a petty official? I came here four years ago! Yes, four years ago! I have been here all these years." As for the place...... It seems to be a place at the junction of Yanzhou and Ningzhou, and I forgot what it was called. ”
"Think about it carefully!" Li Xiangru stared at the little ghost seriously and seriously.
The little ghost tilted his head suspiciously and asked, "Very important?"
Li Xiangru nodded.
The little ghost pinched his chin with his immature little hand, made a contemplative gesture, and after a long time, he patted his stomach and replied in surprise: "I remember! That place is called Red City! That person was a messenger of a place, or a little official of a post station? I know the specifics, and occasionally when I am idle, I will peek at some things he hides, except for some gold and yellow eyes, which are a little interested, and the rest of the place is nothing more than some correspondence. I didn't want to see it. ”